Medicaid Monster Munches State Money
Cost overruns in the health care program mean less money is available for other government priorities.
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JLF Co-Authors Report Calling McCrory Medicaid Plan ‘Critical Step Forward’
RALEIGH — Gov. Pat McCrory's Medicaid reform plan marks a "critical step forward" to help create a pro-patient, pro-taxpayer health care safety net. That's the conclusion of a new Policy Report from the John Locke Foundation and the Florida-based Foundation for Government Accountability. The report offers nine ideas to help…
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Medicaid Costs Are Exploding
If, knowing recent trends, you try to claim that North Carolina has a low rate of Medicaid spending growth, you are misinforming the public.
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JLF Report Urges Move Toward Consumer-Driven Model for N.C. Medicaid
RALEIGH — North Carolina could look northwest to Indiana and south to Florida for evidence of how a consumer-driven model would improve the state Medicaid program. A new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report highlights the Indiana and Florida approaches to Medicaid reform.
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When Liberals Love Privatization
If school choice programs constitute educational privatization, then Medicaid constitutes health care privatization.
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The Facts Surrounding Privatizing Medicaid
The national response to new Medicaid dollars is not as unique as you might have heard.
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Research Guides Policy Initiatives
To the extent Gov. McCrory and state lawmakers can reform the state tax code, North Carolina’s economy will likely show immediate, significant improvement.
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Reform Case in Four Numbers
One reason for North Carolina’s lackluster economy is that we tax more and spend more on public assistance than do most of our neighbors.
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Medicaid Reform Holds Promise
If North Carolina’s Medicaid costs were at the regional average, we’d be spending about $640 million less in state money next year than is currently projected.
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If It’s Broke, Fix It
The governor and General Assembly have been taking steps to fix what ails North Carolina.